Today, on a daily basis, millions of people around the globe, including those right here in Maine, face the dangers of the climate crisis. From rising temperatures to extreme weather events linked to human-made climate change, this crisis imperils our security, both abroad and at home.

Republicans … should observe that they can win in fairly liberal places when they amputate Donald Trump from their message. If Democrats dethroned the left radicals and Republicans rejected the right-wing crazies, what a nicer, more functional country this could be.

The decay has been going on a long time, and no one does anything about it. I recall Dr. Mark Lapping of the University of Southern Maine, who studied rural life for a lifetime, describing the elites’ attitude toward rural America: “We’re basically saying, ‘You’re going to die, and there’s nothing you can do about it. And frankly we’re not that interested.’”

It was reported last week that 34 New York City police officers took unpaid leave rather than comply with that city’s vaccine mandate. For this, New Yorkers should thank them.

And then, find a way to fire them.

Glenn Youngkin’s path to victory was one that Donald Trump himself or any of his epigones would have been incapable of.

We can deter China — if we don’t project weakness. The Navy’s 2021 fleet battle problem and the Army’s long-range fires concept are examples of creative military operational concepts that can defeat China. What we could use are several score small, cheap ships armed with weapons to suppress Chinese shore-based firepower so the carriers can deliver a coup de grace.

I grant that I’m aware of no study offering empirical proof that kids are less traumatized by — and more open to — learning true American history than their elders. But I’ve seen plenty anecdotal evidence matching [educator Leo] Glazé’s experience. And it leaves me wondering what the kids make of all this. Have they been taught the painful truths of American history? How did it affect them? And if they haven’t been taught, would they like to be?